I went by Hoover Reservoir at lunch today looking for the previously reported
Greater White-Fronted Geese. Unfortunately, the reservoir was creating its own
fog bank, so visibility was minimal. The only geese I found were Canadas, and
the only sizable flock was off the causeway to the Oxbow.

Highlights were 25 Tundra Swans off the boardwalk, and about 15 Hooded
Mergansers off the Oxbow causeway. The rest were Canada Geese and Mallards. I
did not see any vultures near the dam as I drove by.

Hoover Reservoir has collected some barnyard animals in the past, so feral
Greylag Geese are a definite possibility there. Anyone finding Anser sp. geese
should check carefully to be sure they indeed have white fronts.

Happy birding,




Paul Gardner
Columbus, OH

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